Famous Birthdays Sep 8 François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud, French sentimental writer (Les Épreuves du sentiment), born in Paris (d. 1805) Sep 29 Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman and advisor to Catherine the Great (plot against Peter III), born in Danzig (d. 1783) Born in 1718 Aug 1718 History by Year Oct 1718 Famous People by Country American British Canadian French German Russian